Women's History Month is coming soon, and certainly, I want to share resources and teaching tips to help you and your students celebrate. This month is really important to me, and here's why... Have you ever heard of Charley Darkey Parkhurst? I certainly never had before I became a fifth…
I was a creative writing and psychology major in college. (Would you like fries with that?) Needless to say, I had to go back to graduate school almost immediately to a acquire a marketable skill set. Nevertheless, my love of writing and of teaching writing has never waned. Teaching persuasive…
I love author studies. One of the main reasons is because students of all ages can study the works of one author and begin to see authors as real people. Another is because studying books allows students to interact with those books on a deep and meaningful level. There are…